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5th Annual Historic Forts Day at El Camino Real International Heritage Center

5th Annual Historic Forts Day at El Camino Real International Heritage Center El Camino Real International Heritage Center will host its 5th annual Historic Forts Day on Saturday, February 20th, 11 am – 4 pm. The event will include living history re-enactments of soldier camp activities including bullet-making, black powder demonstration, treadle sewing, open […]

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Wild at Heart: Ernest Thompson Seton

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Wild at Heart: Ernest Thompson Seton dedicates itself to telling the often overlooked story of the conservationist, author, artist, lecturer and co-founder of the Boy Scouts of America. Ernest Thompson Seton’s impact on America’s conservation movement was immeasurable but, today is largely forgotten. Wild at Heart: Ernest Thompson Seton sets out to change that through

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Harry Fonseca: In the Silence of Dusk

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Santa Fe, NM (January 25, 2009)—The exhibition Harry Fonseca: In the Silence of Dusk focuses on four series of paintings that explore the transformative and mythic forces that Fonseca perceived in himself and the world around him. The painting series include In the Silence of Dusk, Stone Poems, St. Francis of Assisi; and Seasons. While

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Museum Unveils Recently Donated Works

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New Arrivals: Works from the Collection is an exhibition of recent acquisitions to the Museum’s permanent collection. New Arrivals highlights the important role the art patron plays in developing a Museum’s collection— either through an outright donation or partnering with the Museum in a purchase. The works in New Arrivals: Works from the Collection will

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Holiday Celebration with Annual Baumann Marionette Performance – Freckles, Warts, Rosina, and Santa, too!

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The Gustave Baumann marionettes have entertained generations of Santa Feans every Christmas in St. Francis Auditorium. The marionettes, props, and other stage material have been used in Christmas productions since 1935. Originally intended to amuse their daughter Anne in their home, Baumann’s marionettes quickly became well-known in the Santa Fe community and performances were

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New Mexico History Museum to Receive Hewett Award

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The New Mexico History Museum will receive the New Mexico Association of Museums’ Hewett Award this week at the group’s annual meeting in Santa Fe. Also receiving a Hewett is Louise Stiver, retired senior curator of the History Museum, whose Fashioning New Mexico exhibit is on display through April 14, 2010. The awards are

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Exhibit opening: Santa Fe Found: Fragments of Time

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Santa Fe (BY NOV. 9) – Join the curators for the grand opening of the New Mexico History Museum’s newest exhibit, Santa Fe Found: Fragments of Time, a historical and archaeological exploration of the founding and first 100 years of La Villa Real de Santa Fé. A free reception will be 5:30-7 pm on Friday,

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Spanish Crown Prince Tours NM History Museum,

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Santa Fe, NM (Oct. 7, 2009) – His Royal Highness Prince Felipe of Spain, with his wife, Princess Letizia, on Tuesday visited the New Mexico History Museum, which he called “amazing” for its depictions of diverse cultures living and sometimes clashing over the centuries. During a ceremony in the Palace of the Governors Courtyard,

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Announcing the Telling New Mexico Inaugural Lecture Series

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Santa Fe (Nov. 2, 2009) – The New Mexico History Museum today unveiled a new subscription lecture series to accompany the book, Telling New Mexico: A New History. Speakers for the five-part Telling New Mexico Inaugural Lecture Series will cover a range of topics – from the earliest Spanish colonists to Blackdom to Japanese internment

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The Jewish-Converso Roots of Don Juan de Oñate

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Santa Fe (Oct 26, 2009) – José Antonio Esquibel will speak on “A Matter of Persuasion: The Jewish-Converso Lineage of Don Juan de Oñate” at 6 pm on Thursday, Nov. 12 at the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium, 113 Lincoln Ave. The event is free and open to the public. The lecture is part of

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